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| Eritrea: Muslims Jail 1,800 Christians for Faith |
| 2006-04-12 |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #3 Eritrea has 4.8 million people. 350,000 MT of wheat meets the caloric requirement for 2.1 million people for a year (that's if they ate nothing else). In other words, the USA, just by itself, is feeding 44% of the population just with with wheat charity. So what does Eritrea produce but war with Ethiopia and repression of the Christian monority? Another Socialist, muslim, dictatorial paradise. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-04-12 15:25 |
| #2 I am truly tired of propping up assholes like this. http://eritrea.usembassy.gov/eritrea/foodaid.html On June 7, 2005, President Bush announced that the United States will provide approximately $674 million in additional aid for Africa. Of that amount, $414 million is targeted for immediate famine prevention assistance in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea will receive 200,000 metric tons (MT) of wheat valued at about $100 million to be provided through existing Food for Peace aid programs. With this contribution, U.S. food contributions to Eritrea will have more than tripled in this year: from $60 million (providing 147, 550 MT of food aid) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 to $200 million (providing over 350,000 MT) in FY 2005. The amount of food pledged in FY 2005 is equivalent to 14 million 25-kilogram bags—an amount that would fill all the warehouses of the Eritrean Relief and Rehabilitation Commission four times. The 153,905 MT of food already provided to Eritrea by the United States this year met more than 43% of the 2005 food aid needs in Eritrea projected in the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment conducted in January 2005. With this new contribution, the United States by itself will meet more than 100 percent of Eritrea’s estimated needs for cereals this year, with food available for FY 2006 as well. Time to let these guys starve. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-04-12 14:47 |
| #1 Dont forget its the religion of peace and tolerance. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2006-04-12 12:16 |